Dance review: William Forsythe — A Quiet Evening of Dance at Sadler’s Wells

The dancers’ bodies become like twitchy participants in a physical conversation that sometimes gets heatedBILL COOPER

★★☆☆☆A Quiet Evening of Dance is William Forsythe’s first full programme of work since he called time on his German dance company in 2015. It’s a mix of creations new and old, and it highlights an essential conundrum about the veteran American choreographer.

That he is an artist of immense talent and ingenuity is not in question. Neither is the fact that he can, in his devilish exploration of the outer limits of dance, especially ballet, be a bore. Both sides of Forsythe were on display in this brief London season.

It’s an economical programme (produced by Sadler’s Wells), with no sets, and the dancers dressed down in what look like rehearsal clothes, except when they add long gloves to the equation — their lone…

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